Brownsville vs Lyons

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and Lyons: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownsville and Lyons are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brownsville has the higher population (1,949 vs 1,322 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $82,750 in Brownsville). Lyons has the higher median home value ($456,200 vs $361,300 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Lyons
Population	1,949	1,322
Median age	42.1 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$87,500
Median home value	$361,300	$456,200
Median gross rent	$1,616	$1,167
Housing units	844	539
Homeownership rate	84.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Lyons
Population	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)	1,059 → 1,322 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)	$67,344 → $87,500 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)	$208,300 → $456,200 (+119.0%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)	$794 → $1,167 (+47.0%)

Brownsville

Population

1,8711,949

Median household income

$53,558$82,750

Median home value

$208,000$361,300

Median gross rent

$959$1,616

Lyons

Population

1,0591,322

Median household income

$67,344$87,500

Median home value

$208,300$456,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Lyons
Under 5	6.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	20.4%
75 and over	6.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Lyons
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	26.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Lyons
Drove alone	88.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	3.4%
Worked from home	4.8%	10.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Lyons
1-unit, detached	84.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Lyons
Poverty rate	5.9%	17.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1979	1988